Hybrid Release Engineer

at Ironclad

• Job title: Release Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $120,000 - $135,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Splunk, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Release Engineer enhancing end-to-end build and deployment pipelines for Ironclad's AI contracting platform. Collaborating with Engineering, QE, and Product teams to manage releases and deployment processes.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the end-to-end build and deployment pipelines, ensuring reliable, repeatable, and well-instrumented deployments across environments through automation, tooling improvements, and proactive issue resolution
• Partner closely with Engineering, QE, and Product to plan, coordinate, and execute releases — managing risk, validating readiness, maintaining visibility into changes, and driving continuous enhancements to release processes and infrastructure
• Manage the weekly code deployment process, including:
• Coordinate the testing and verification work with QE & Devs for deployment signoff
• Manage the merges and branch promotions as part of the deployment process
• Ensure all of the Post-deploy verifications are complete and are closed out
• Understand and communicate the deployment and release calendars to ensure EPD knows when and where to merge changes and features are released on schedule
• Coordinate the release process, including:
• Maintain and update release calendar for deployments and releases
• Manage all release items and coordination in Jira/Asana
• Coordinate and manage feature flags related to releases
• Communicate feature flag states for upcoming releases
• Update flag states on Staging/Production stacks
• Prepare flag testing preparation with Engineering
• Facilitate go/no go decisions
• Manage hotfix deployment and incident reporting, including:
• Manage reporting and incident tracking
• Derive and report on metrics related to release quality and cleanliness
• Cross-functional partnership and communication, including:
• Partner with DevEx to build deployment/release dashboards and tracking quality metrics
• Partner with GTM team to ensure alignment on timelines to prepare external communications, internal enablement, and coordinated preparation for launches

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a release management/engineering or related role
• Experience with Agile methodologies, continuous integration and development tools (CI/CD) for a SaaS product (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, Terraform, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
• Experience with full-stack observability platforms like Splunk, Datadog, Sentry
• Ability to demonstrate strong interest in automation and continuous improvement (build, test, release/deploy, monitoring, reporting), which includes Infrastructure as Code
• Project Management experience and planning mindset - experience in managing projects, including scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management
• Proficient in using Git for version control systems and branch management
• Jira/Confluence or Linear administrator experience - creating automations, dashboards, workflows etc.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tooling (e.g., code assistants, log analysis, anomaly detection, workflow automation) to improve release reliability, accelerate root-cause analysis, and reduce manual overhead

Benefits

• 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
• Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
• Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
• Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
• Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
• Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
• 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
• Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
• And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at